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  2. SLIPPED HIS MIND.

    There were five of us hunting and fihing in the Queensland bush (says an Australian traveller), when one rainy day a stranger appeared. He said ...

    Article : 265 words
  3. ANECDOTES.

    A Georgia author recently wrote to a New York publisher— "What could you do with a story of say, sixty-five thousand words?" ...

    Article : 318 words
  4. THE LAST BOER WAR.

    It may with justice be averred that the present difficulties in South Africa are the direct result of the struggle which began with the meeting of the Boers, held at ...

    Article : 2,173 words
  5. A GARDEN INDUSTRY.

    There is so very little difference between the cultivation of the red, white, and black currants that they may all be considered under the same heading. They will thrive ...

    Article : 1,688 words
  6. THREEPENNORTH OF BEER.

    "Shall I go to the kangaroo and Whistle for the beer?" "No; go to the Emu and Thistle. always get an extra glass out of the ...

    Article : 1,459 words
  7. THE SEAMY SIDE.

    North Pole loneliness is realised by the first voyage on a crowded Australian steamer, a day or two out. It will always be so; it was so in the case of Morris ...

    Article : 4,367 words
  8. THE EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH.

    It is a singular testimony to the splendid health of the Austrian Empeior that tha fact that he has been for a few days confined to bed has filled all Europe with ...

    Article : 359 words
  9. LONDON HOTELS.

    One of tho most striking changes in London during the last twenty years is the enormous increase in the number of enormons hotels. The building of such abodes ...

    Article : 539 words
  10. A CAUTION TO SERVANT GIRLS.

    "Yes," said Mrs. Gimp as the door closed behind the new maid, "she's the most reliable girl I ever had. Of course she ain'ta beauty—" ...

    Article : 189 words
  11. RUDYARD KIPLING.

    Apropos of Kipling, Mr. Robert Barr, in "Outlook," relates how a volume by Kipling entitled "Forty-five Mornings," was got up, printed, ready for the binder, and ...

    Article : 607 words
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  13. A MOTOR CAR RECORD.

    Fast driving is becoming a craze in France. M. Camille Jenatzy, the Belgain inventor of the system of electrical prepulsion, says the "Autocar," ins not only ...

    Article : 532 words
  14. REAL LIFE ROMANCES.

    Edward Walpole, eldest son of Sir Robert Walpole, was so affected by the piteous story of hardship related to him by a sewing girl, employed by a Pall Mall ...

    Article : 542 words
  15. A WEIRD RACING STORY.

    There are many curious stories told about the turf but one of the weirdest is connected with the Oaks The favorite for the Derby of the year 1844 was ownd ...

    Article : 276 words
  16. JAPANESE SERVANTS.

    Mrs. Fraser, of the British legation in Japan gives an amusing account of her servants. She made a lsit of their names, and kept it at hand for reference, "but," ...

    Article : 171 words
  17. MARRIED LIFE AND THE CHICAGO DIVORCE COURT.

    "Yes," said the lady who was making her first call, "your little boy looks very much like his mammma." 'Oh, do you think so?" the new ...

    Article : 107 words
  18. FROM AFGHANISTAN.

    Not many years ago, according to the annals of the India Office, a Queen's messenger, or some other inferior officail, was robbed, though not injured in any way, on ...

    Article : 109 words
  19. A DUEL STORY.

    Perpignan, a literary Bohemian, once fought a pistol duel with Charles, Maurice, at a distance of five paces. The former fired, contrived to miss, but the latter, ...

    Article : 80 words
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